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Message: <blockquote data-quote="colonelboris" data-source="post: 1602501" data-attributes="member: 40117">Hi Rob,Thanks! Might be worth a few of us doing a BF day out somewhere.  I was toying with the idea of a pelagic next weekend as it's the last before the wife and kids arrive...I bought a copy of the Slater, Slater, Slater, Slater (I lost count) guide and it's quite good.  I'd say it has a few of the drawbacks on the pictures that Simpson and Day has, in that some of them are quite grainy.  While aesthetically pleasing, it does make them a little less clear than Pizzey and Knight.  On the plus side, I won't be lugging around the half-a-tree the other two books are.  Not sure it'll last as long as the other two guides as the print runs pretty close to the spine (and so needs almost yanking apart to see the part of the maps I live in).On a somewhat different note, I found a really nice picture framers in Glebe, who did a wonderful job of mounting one of my bird sketches and backing it for a very reasonable sum.  Along with the art supplies shop I found near to where I'll moving to next week, it's nice to know that side of the interest in birds is covered, too.</blockquote>